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'''Sean Hastings''' (born 1968) is an [[entrepreneur]], [[cypherpunk]] author, and security expert. He is best known for being the founding [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[HavenCo]], the world's first formal [[data haven]].

== Work ==
In 1997, Hastings worked on cryptographic protocols and tools free of U.S. [[Export of cryptography|cryptographic export restrictions]] with [[Vincent Cate]], who started the International Conference on Financial Cryptography in Anguilla that same year.

Hastings founded [[HavenCo]] in 2000, originally incorporating in his country of residence, [[Anguilla]], before a second incorporation in the [[Channel Islands]]. Hastings was the CEO; other co-founders included [[Ryan Lackey]] and [[Sameer Parekh]]. Immediately following its public launch, HavenCo was the subject of a great deal of press coverage, including Hastings' appearance, along with several cofounders and the "royal family" of [[Principality of Sealand|Sealand]], on the cover of [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'s July 2000 issue, before the company was entirely nationalised by the government of Sealand in 2002, after commercial failure and mounting tensions.

In 2002, Hastings began work on [[seasteading]] with [[Patri Friedman]], a project aimed at building floating communities free from the restrictions of current governments. This collaboration continued through 2009, including a talk by Hastings at the [[Seasteading Institute]]'s annual conference.

Hastings is the cofounder, with [[Eric S. Raymond]], of [https://gna.org/projects/green-span/ Green-Span], an [[Open source software|open source]] infrastructure for [[trust management (information system)|trust]] and [[reputation management]], begun in March 2009.

Hastings is also the author, with Paul Rosenberg, of a book, ''God Wants You Dead'' (Vera Verba, 2007; ) which takes a look at the lighter side of [[atheism]] and [[Anarchism|anarchy]].

==Source==

[http://wikipedia.org/ http://wikipedia.org/]
[[Category:People of the industry]]
[[Category:Crypto-anarchism]]
[[Category:Cryptography]]
==See Also on BitcoinWiki==
* [[Osmium Investment Coin]]
* [[Ether Legends]]
* [[SurruS]]
* [[Gimmer]]
* [[Bitvalve]]

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